"What you are is what you have been.……" — Buddha

"What you are is what you have been. What youll be is what you do now."

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91 Quotes by Buddha

Buddha has 91 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be…
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another…
Of those beings who live in ignorance, shut up and confined, as it were, in an egg, I have first…
A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even…
Charity bestowed upon those who are worthy of it is like good seed sown on a good soil that yields…
With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let…
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you…
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows.
Without health life is not life; it is only a state of langour and suffering - an image of death.
In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving…
It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be…

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